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M’lore: 'Mobile Phones at Affordable Price for Farmers Soon'

  •   Fri, Dec 21 2007 05:28:52 PM

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (RD)

Mangalore, Dec 21: “Efforts are underway to provide mobile phones to the farmers at an affordable price in partnership with private manufacturers” stated Oscar Fernandes, union minister of state for labour and employment.

Speaking at a programme recently in the capital, he stated that efforts are being made to avail mobile phones with in-built digital technology to the farmers for less than Rs 500 per hand set.  

Union government has the prime objective of providing mobile phone to the farmers at lowest prices, by encouraging electronics sector in the country. Mobile phones will have internet facility which would enable the farmers to get due prices for their produce.  

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I & B) and other related departments are jointly working towards availing mobile phones to every farmer, which would bring about revolution in telecommunication.  Farmers would get the information on what type of crop to grow during the course of the year at varied climates across the nation, the proportion of chemical fertilizers to be used for depending on the variety of crop, with the in-built internet facility in their mobile sets. This would account for higher agricultural produce and significant growth in exports, stated Oscar Fernandes.
  

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  • mohan prabhu,

    Thu, Dec 27 2007

    It is good news, but at the same time it is fraught with problems. Put a gadget in the hands of everyone, and there is bound to be overuse/abuse of the privilege because there is no way of controlling who they call and when!

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  • Krishna, Mangalore

    Tue, Dec 25 2007

    It is bad news for recovery personnel from Banks.If the recovery personnel once enter a village the message of their arrival will spread rapidly through and the borrowers are likely to be absent at the villages! Even with limited mobile phones this is happening now.

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  • Shankar Bhat, Puttur

    Sun, Dec 23 2007

    This is totally absurd..farmers need not know anything from internet. Let them get their due price in the Market. Internet on the Mobile is too costly. No farmer can afford it. Let the Minister know the actual plight of the Rural farmers and help them to get their problem solved instead of making all these useless statements.

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